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Having it allI am proud to be a strong, independent woman and am the daughter of a strong, independent mother. Like many women just like me, I feel strongly that women can have it all. We can have successful careers and with those careers, we can balance the roles of caregiver, wife, mother, friend …

Cassandra Belek is a former content strategist for Methodist Health System. She spent a decade working in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles and Chicago before joining the Methodist family and focusing on her love of writing and storytelling. …

  Vicki Meyer, MS, LIMHP, was at her kitchen table when she got the call. The woman on the other end of the line had lost her job a few days before. Her marriage had ended earlier this year. She was estranged from her family and had turned to alcohol to cope. Now she was having suicidal thou…

Learning how to stay positive in negative situations helps toward living a healthy lifestyle. But even typically positive people are being tested by the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you’re looking for help in focusing on the positive, here are five life hacks for this time of social distancin…

  We all know the feeling: There’s very little that looks or sounds appetizing when we’re sick. But hydration and nutrition play vital roles in your body’s response and recovery to illness, especially when it comes to COVID-19. Many symptoms associated with viral illnesses can deplete your …

I’ve been feeling a little off the past couple months. A strange feeling of loss snuck up on me, and it seems like there’s more and more to balance in my life. Things just don’t seem right.  It finally dawned on me that I’m experiencing grief. As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, people around …

In a time of incredible hardship and uncertainty, there are examples of love, compassion, gratitude and hope all around us every day. Whether it's Methodist employees lifting each other up or members of the community going out of their way to say thanks, these acts of kindness below show that T…

Dr. Traci Jurrens is a board-certified internal medicine and cardiovascular disease specialist at Methodist Physicians Clinic. She always knew she wanted to be a doctor and credits her passion for evidence-based medicine in choosing her specialty – cardiology. After graduating medical school a…

    “Do not let my smile and laughter fool you. I am still terrified of this unknown virus.” – Stephanie Butler, RN, Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Words like that from a frontline worker give the rest of us permission, in a sense, to be scared and fear the unknown. Words like tha…

This week is for you. The one who sacrifices all the things without much thought or thanks. The one who works unending hours, often doing the unimaginable. The one who’s determined to save a life with their own safety on the line. And the one who cries behind a mask in hopes that no one se…